Columbia, South Carolina. At his death in the 1830s, it was said that he was the wealthiest planter in the U.S. and possessed some 3,000 slaves amongst his holdings. In his anti-slavery compendium American Slavery As It Is, Theodore Weld cites a witness who heard him boasting that he killed some of his slaves for a nutritional experiment. The witness represents Hampton's words as: "[T]hey died like rotten sheep!!" Wade Hampton I is interred in the churchyard at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina's capital city. His son Wade Hampton II and grandson Wade Hampton III also became prominent in South Carolina social and political circles. Legacy Fort Hampton, a fort in Alabama, was named in honor of General Hampton. See also List of slave owners Notes References External links Wade Hampton in the Louisiana Historical Association's Dictionary of Louisiana Biography Wade Hampton Letter at The Historic New Orleans Collection 1750s births 1835 deaths United States Army generals United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Battle of the Châteaugay veterans 1800 United States presidential electors American people of English descent Wade Hampton family American planters American slave owners Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina